The New Zealand Defense Minister revealed plans to procure a new fleet of High Mobility Utility Light Vehicles with a budget of NZ$18.6 million (US$12.3 million), and up to 43 units of Protected Vehicles Medium.  This are part of the first phase of procurement of vehicles to replace existing ageing assets in the New Zealand Army (NZA) under the Defence Capability Plan 2019.

Article: https://www.asiapacificdefensejournal.com/2019/07/new-zealand-to-start-first-phase-of.html
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Author: Wendy Squires

OPINION: Recently I've been having a giggle over the trend of sandal straps being tied over the pants of celebrities such as Emily Ratajkowski, Kylie Jenner and Katy Perry. It looks frankly ridiculous, as if these women put their shoes on in the dark.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/fashion/116359629/when-underboobs-are-in-fashion-fads-have-gone-too-far
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Author: James Renwick

I receive a lot of emails from people concerned about climate change, and some that challenge science. I hear many of the same arguments over and over, arguments that are well known to be mistaken or misguided. 

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2019/10/james-renwick-debunking-common-climate-change-myths.html
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Author: Scott Palmer

Police have described scenes of fear and anxiety at a Dunedin party where a young woman died on Saturday night.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2019/10/police-describe-scenes-of-fear-anxiety-at-fatal-dunedin-party.html
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Author: Katie Fitzgerald & Ella Prendergast

The Dunedin party where a woman died was dangerously overcrowded with no room to move, a witness says.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2019/10/dunedin-party-death-witness-describes-overcrowded-chaos-no-room-to-move-inside.html
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Author: Sam Sherwood and Hamish McNeilly

Partygoers frantically tried to pull people out of a pile of bodies after they were crushed in a stairwell at a Dunedin house party.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/116356165/dunedin-flat-the-manor-cordoned-off-after-stairwell-collapses
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OPINION: The majority of New Zealanders would not support paying higher rates for more services from their local council and are not happy with the level of rates charged for the services councils currently provide.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/local-body-elections/115984989/councils-need-to-better-explain-spending-to-ratepayers-if-they-wish-to-change-negative-views
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